Shloka 1083

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

सुधारसं चोपजीवन्नमृतोपममुत्तमम्‌ | वह दिव्य

Transliteration

sudhārasaṃ copajīvann amṛtopamam uttamam | sa divyaṃ uttamaṃ ca manoharaṃ vimānam āruhya virājate; śatasaṃkhyābhiḥ sundarībhiḥ paripūrṇe mahale sahasra-kalpān nivāsam karoti | tatra devatānāṃ bhojyam amṛta-sadṛśaṃ paramam sudhārasam pītvā sa jīvanaṃ nayati |

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—امرت کے مانند بہترین سُدھا رس پر قائم رہ کر وہ دِویہ، اعلیٰ اور دلکش وِمان پر جلوہ گر ہوتا ہے؛ سینکڑوں حسیناؤں سے بھرے محل میں ہزار کلپوں تک قیام کرتا ہے۔ وہاں دیوتاؤں کے بھوجن، امرت کے ہم پلہ برتر سُدھا رس کو پی کر وہ زندگی بسر کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• सुधारसम्: nectar-juice (ambrosial drink)
• सुधारसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा-रस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उपजीवन्: living on, subsisting on
• उपजीवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-जीव्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमृतोपमम्: like nectar, nectar-like
• अमृतोपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• vimāna (celestial chariot)
• sudhārasa (nectar/ambrosia)
• amṛta
• devatāḥ (gods)
• palace (mahāl/prāsāda)
• beautiful maidens (sundarīḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights karma-phala: righteous, meritorious conduct yields exalted post-mortem results—long-lasting heavenly residence, divine conveyances, and refined enjoyments symbolized by sudhā-rasa comparable to amṛta.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes the splendor enjoyed by a meritorious person in heaven: he sits upon a divine vimāna, dwells for vast ages in a palace filled with beautiful companions, and lives by drinking the gods’ ambrosial nectar.